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C. SAN'DFORD.

BROOM HOLDER.

A N0. 344,869. Patented July 6, 1886..

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Nrrnn STAT-Es CHARLES SANDFORD, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

BROOM-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 344,869, dated July 6, 1886.

Appilatiou filed August 29,1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GHAELEs SANDEOED, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paterson, Passaic county, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Broom-Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

rIhe object oi' my invention is to provide a broom-holder of new construction, wherein the sides of the holder are more firmly secured to the supporting-arms, and wherein the supporting-arms are so arranged as to prevent expansion of the bearing portions of the holder by weight and pressure from brooms placed therein. These objects I attain by the construction shown,which will be fully explained and claimed.

Figure l of the drawings is a front elevation of the holder having a whisk-broom therein. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same, in which figure the holder is extended to its utmost limit and locked. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the holder, taken on line x x of Fig. 2. Fig. A shows the parts of Fig. 2, in which figure the holder is shown in its contracted position and unlocked; and Fig. 5 is a sectional plan of the sides, showing how the sides are secured to the supporting-arms.

A represents a whisk and other broom holder, having elastic supporting-arms B and B. I construct the supporting-arms by bending centrally a piece of wire of a suitable kind and length-preferably steel wire, on account of its elasticity-and form a loop, d, by which to hang the holder to its fastening- I then form on the supporting-arms B and B' corresponding` inverted loops, Z1 b2, that pass over each other, the lower arm portions of which loops I secure together adjustably by means of a' ring, I), that surrounds the said lower-arm portions of the loops, and which ring, in connection with the said loops b' and b2, forms a lool; in the supporting-arms B B', by which the outward movement of the sides A Al1 of the holder is limited, the inward limit of the same being regulated by the formand elasticity of the supporting-arms. The lower end of the supporting-arms B B', I bend at c2 c, so as to form a straight portion, c4, and a lateral projecting part or lug, c c'. To the straight portions e'L of the arms B B', I secure rmly, by

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pending sides A and A2 of the holder A. The loops a a', that are looped over and partly around the straight portions c4 of the supporting-arms, pass through slots arranged therefor in the sides A A2, and are turned in dili'erent directions and clinched on the inner surfaces of the sides A A2, .as shown in Fig. 5. By this construction the sides of the holder are held rigidly to the supportingarms, while the lateral projecting parts or lugs ce', which conform to the convexity of the sides A A2, as shown in Fig. 3, give re sistance to the free bearing portions of the sides A A2 of the holder A, and prevent the said free bearing portions of, the sides of the holder from yielding to the pressure thereon', caused by the weight and downward tendency of the broom G, placed therein.

In practice the loop d is passed over the fastening-pin against the wall or elsewhere, and the whisk C or other broom placed in position in the holder, handle downward, the same being supported in the holder A by the sides A A2. The broom C, after being placed in the holder, tends to move by gravity downward, causing pressure on the bearing-surfaces of the sides A A2, which is niet by the elasticity of the supporting-arms B B', which permits the outward movement of the sides until the loops I) b engage the ring b, which locks the arms B B' and prevents the further extension of the holder, at which time the position of the broom in the holder is supposed to be snfliciently low to permit its withdrawal from the holder by the clamping of the straws o1' the broom while the same is being drawn from the holder, the lugs c c holding the bearing portions rigid during the operation.

By a glance at the drawings the advantages of my new construction will be readily seen.

Having described my invention, I claim,and desire to secure by Letters Patent,in a broomholder#- The combination, with the corresponding inverted loops b' b2, and ring for engaging said loops to limit the outward movement of the supporting-arms, of the supporting-arms B B and sides A A2, carried by said supporting-arms, substantially as described.

CHARLES SANDFORD.

Witnesses:

FEED I. WARNER, TnoMAs N. COLE. 

